Player Discussion Marner

[Nineteen67]

I totally buy into Treliving and Berube’s plan and vision for how the team plays but when I continually see the core group ignoring the physicality the games call for it gives me PTSD. I like what they’ve done on the back end. They’ll still need to insulate Riellly against heavier teams but they now have decent depth back there with some size and snarl. The forward group is still a concern. When second year pro Matthews Knies (who I love BTW) is their most physical forward, they will struggle to get out of their division in the playoffs. You’re right though. Hope is all we have to hang our hats on because they don’t have a track record to back it up.

Agree, except Knies is their biggest forward and needs to be their most physical player. I’d like to see him balance on the edge between clean and suspension worthy.
Matthews and Marner need to be physical when it’s necessary.

 

[Ports]

Ya everyone knows international sport is fueled on rivalries generated by past regional wars. We just need some of those to make international team sports great again.

/s

Who cares if Marner is on some gimmicky team. He is slow though so I imagine he will be a later pick.

As far as his new contract goes. If they give him an NMC and overpay, the organization should be seen as blowing its collective brains out.

I don’t know if I’m being paranoid but a lot ofToronto sports radio pundits are suggesting that discussions are taking place and the Leafs will be signing Marner. They just need to arrive at a dollar amount and term they’re comfortable with. The same is being said about Tavares. Why in the world would they re-sign either of them before they see how they perform in the playoffs if at all ? If this nightmare comes to fruition this team won’t be challenging for a cup in the next five years.

Agree, except Knies is their biggest forward and needs to be their most physical player. I’d like to see him balance on the edge between clean and suspension worthy.
Matthews and Marner need to be physical when it’s necessary.

So far Knies is playing things pretty smart. He’s using his size and strength without taking stupid penalties. Will the core five show any pushback ? I sure hope so but have my doubts.

 

[Gary Nylund]

Agree, except Knies is their biggest forward and needs to be their most physical player. I’d like to see him balance on the edge between clean and suspension worthy.
Matthews and Marner need to be physical when it’s necessary.

If we're counting on Marner being physical, we may as well fuggedaboudit right now.

I don’t know if I’m being paranoid but a lot ofToronto sports radio pundits are suggesting that discussions are taking place and the Leafs will be signing Marner. They just need to arrive at a dollar amount and term they’re comfortable with. The same is being said about Tavares. Why in the world would they re-sign either of them before they see how they perform in the playoffs if at all ? If this nightmare comes to fruition this team won’t be challenging for a cup in the next five years.

So far Knies is playing things pretty smart. He’s using his size and strength without taking stupid penalties. Will the core five show any pushback ? I sure hope so but have my doubts.

Agree with every word, especially the bolded.

 

[Gabriel426]

I don’t know if I’m being paranoid but a lot ofToronto sports radio pundits are suggesting that discussions are taking place and the Leafs will be signing Marner. They just need to arrive at a dollar amount and term they’re comfortable with. The same is being said about Tavares. Why in the world would they re-sign either of them before they see how they perform in the playoffs if at all ? If this nightmare comes to fruition this team won’t be challenging for a cup in the next five years.


So far Knies is playing things pretty smart. He’s using his size and strength without taking stupid penalties. Will the core five show any pushback ? I sure hope so but have my doubts.

If I am MGT, I would work on the Knies extension before anything else. The rate he is going, he is slowly getting into the Laf’s territory as they both are not on PP while producing.
JT is not going anywhere, keeping the conversation is more respect more than anything. Same with MM.
However, both of those contracts should not be sign till after the playoffs.
Bc if the team fail and crash out again, what’s the point having the same top players again.

 

[thewave]

I don’t know if I’m being paranoid but a lot ofToronto sports radio pundits are suggesting that discussions are taking place and the Leafs will be signing Marner. They just need to arrive at a dollar amount and term they’re comfortable with. The same is being said about Tavares. Why in the world would they re-sign either of them before they see how they perform in the playoffs if at all ? If this nightmare comes to fruition this team won’t be challenging for a cup in the next five years.


So far Knies is playing things pretty smart. He’s using his size and strength without taking stupid penalties. Will the core five show any pushback ? I sure hope so but have my doubts.

I think if they sign JT and Marner it's because they want to sell jerseys and false hope to dopes with thick wallets.

 

[keonsbitterness]

You probably would have had better luck with this incorrect narrative that nobody has said if you hadn't started out by posting a quote from the agent contradicting it.